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Aleyrodidae (family) · pest pressure · Lactuca sativa

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Lettuce (Head, Leaf) ... Whiteflies”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
101

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aleyrodidae (Bemisia, Trialeurodes) are documented lettuce pests and virus vectors in tropical Guam; source quote confirms.”

  • horticulturist · plausible

    “Whitefly pressure on lettuce is well-recognized in warm-climate horticulture; leaf affected_part matches feeding biology.”

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